Coal and wind dominate midnight generation as 4 °C temperatures and zero solar drive 6.9 GW net imports at elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 33%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 21%
50%
Renewable share
14.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
39.8 GW
Total generation
-6.9 GW
Net import
107.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.0°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
351
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.2 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with dense white steam plumes rising into a black night sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; hard coal 6.0 GW appears just right of centre as a row of smaller coal-fired boiler houses with tall chimneys and red aviation warning lights; natural gas 5.6 GW occupies the centre-right as compact CCGT units with single polished exhaust stacks venting thin vapour, illuminated by facility floodlights; onshore wind 13.3 GW spans the entire right third and extends into the background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their nacelle lights blinking red, rotors turning slowly; offshore wind 1.2 GW is suggested by a distant line of turbine lights on the far-right horizon; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip conveyor and a single smokestack at the left-centre edge; hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam structure with spillway visible in the middle distance, lit by a few white lamps. The sky is completely black with scattered bright stars and a clear, starry vault — zero cloud cover, no moon glow, no twilight, deep navy-to-black atmosphere. The ground shows early spring bare-branch trees and sparse brown-green grass under a thin frost, temperature near freezing. The overall atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — the industrial steam and smoke hang low in the cold still air, barely drifting given near-calm 3.3 km/h winds. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich deep blues, warm sodium oranges, glowing furnace reds — with visible confident brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro depth, and meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine blade, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack detail. No text, no labels.